Dancing Video Game for XBOX - Will It Help with Weight Loss?

Updated on October 26, 2011
M.D. asks from Hurst, TX
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I'm overweight and my oldest son is starting to put on weight, so we need to start watching our diet and need to exercise regularly. I think the dancing video games for XBOX look fun and like they could count as aerobic exercise. Have any of you Mamas used them successfully for weight loss (in conjunction with healthy diet)? If so, which game do you suggest I buy?

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M.L.

answers from Houston on

Do you mean the ones for kinect? We have Dance Central and it's pretty fun. But kinect also has some other excersize ones that would be more effective. If you are getting 30-45 solid minutes of cardio a day, it will help lose weight if you are also eating right. But if you want to tone or focus on problem areas and burn more calories, then do one with weights. There are plenty of at home easy weight routines here:
http://www.womenshealthmag.com/weight-loss

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C.M.

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My husband is a personal trainer and he often recommends dance games as a great way to get your cardio in! They're fun and when something is fun, you're more likely to do it.

If you do your dance game 3 days a week in conjunction with resistance exercises (weight bearing exercises) and a healthy diet, you'll definitely lose weight! If you don't do weight bearing exercises and just do cardio you will lose muscle and you will be flabby-thinner. Muscle burns fat.

Have fun!

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B.

answers from Augusta on

yes
Get Zumba and a Kinect.

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C.B.

answers from Dallas on

It seems like a good idea and my wife wants to do the same thing, but we have a closet full of exercise equipment and videos that she did for about a month and lost interest. That's why I haven't run out to buy one. Another thing to think about is if both of you can dance in front of people without being embarrased!

A.L.

answers from Dothan on

ANY kind of movement, especially dancing will aid in weight loss! Doing this with/as a family will not only aid in your weight loss but give you tone & is FUN!!!! Go for it!!!!! I LOVE dancing, all ways, all kinds with and/or without a dancing video!!! Sometimes the kidz & I just dance around the house/yard for fun!!!! ;)

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H.C.

answers from Dallas on

Get a Kinect and get Dance Central, fun fun fun!

J.W.

answers from St. Louis on

The first question is do you have the Xbox 360 and the Kinect? If you do then Dance Central is pretty good but you do more arms and twisting than actual aerobic. Granted we haven't gone through all the songs and moves so who knows.

I just bought Zumba, we shall see. From what everyone tells me it is great.

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